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Fashion shops: Veldstraat

The Veldstraat is the most important shoppingstreet in Ghent, the most shops are fashionshops. For the girls (and boys) who are visiting Ghent and really like shopping and fashion: this is the place to be!

De Kaft: Second hand CDs and books

De Kaft has second hand books and CDs (and also some new ones I think). They also usually have fliers etc so if you want to see what's happening in town you could come there. The books are mostly in Dutch but there are some English ones as well.

Related to:

Music

Budget Travel

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Limerick: English language bookshop

Near the main train station (St Pieters) in Gent there is an English language bookshop called Limerick. They also have (or at least used to have - it's been some time since I visited) a small café with several kinds of tea (great for me because after a couple of months in Belgium I was dying for some real Earl Grey!).

Not sure how cheap/expensive the books are anymore but if you need some English books, it's worth a visit.

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Patisserie fevery: The best pastry in town

An instution in Gent. Known by all people who like to take a coffee in the morning with some cookies. Mr Benny fevery is known over the borders and goes twice per year to South Africa where he prepares the High noon tea at the Palace Hotel in Sun City.

Benny is a world traveler and if you ask for him he will make time for a chat or some info on Gent or about the places he has been visiting.

Benny is also maitre Sommelier and has a wine cellar worth to visit. Only if you ask for himself.

What to buy:
Home made Cookies.Ask for his chocalate cake : Louise or his famous Telstar (chocolate or buttercream)The fruit cakes

Visit the web site and get an impression of his show room

What to pay:
Depending how hungry you are and how many cakes you will eat

Random and Quirky, that's Gent

Yes, come here here for the splendid architecture and medieval charm. During the course of your walks across town though, you'll see boutiques and restaurants and gift shops unlike any in your hometown. See what they have to offer. Buy something. Or at the very least, take plenty of photos so you have something to show your friends upon your return from your holiday, other than those endless Gravensteen shots. ;-O

All over: Belgian Chocolate

Ghent has some of the most marvelous chocolate shops in Europe. Not only are they delicious, but they look like pieces of art. I bought a box of chocolates home for my sister, and in the refrigerator they stayed good for two months. A must souvenir from Ghent. Wonderful Marzipan as well.

What to buy:
Fabulous Chocolate

What to pay:
it's worth it

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Work Abroad

Business Travel

Family Travel

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Groot Vleeshuis: East Flemish produces

The Groot Vleeshuis was built between 1407 and 1419 and was designed by Gillis De Suttere. Groot Vleeshuis means big Meathouse. A Meathouse was a covered marketplace where the selling of meat was centralised, this way the freshness and quality could be controlled. The selling of meat elsewhere was prohibited. At the south-east wing they added intestines-houses in 1542-1543. For hygienis reasons intestines had to be sold seperately in this houses. They were sold to the poor people.

From the end of the19th century meat could be sold elsewhere, and the Groot Vleeshuis got a new role. It started as postoffice, served as a warehouse, an exhibitonroom and party room. Today it is used to promote east flemish produces.

Open:tuesday-sunday: 10.00 -18.00 closed on monday

What to buy:
East flemish produces would be:alcoholic beverages, mustard, chocolat, meatproducts.

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Vve Tierenteijn-Verlent: Mustard

Above the door is a sign: Mostaard fabriek. Inside it looks like time stood still. The building is a monument, inside and outside. Mustard is made her according to the same recipe as in 1790. Bring your own bowl and they put your mustard in it. Or you can buy one of the bowls on display.

It was Vve (from the french veuve, widow) Tierenteijn-Verlent who started the firm in 1790. But they sell more than mustard. behind the nostalgic counters you will find spices and sauces, oliveoil and vinegar.

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